[Vision2020] Illegal Gardening -- Not!

[Tom Hansen]

Robert Dickow reflects . . .

"When I was an elementary school kid . . . "

Back then "history" was merely a concept, huh Bob?

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


On Sun, December 5, 2010 3:21 pm, Robert Dickow wrote:
> When I was an elementary school kid, when election time came around, the
> playground rumors often involved claims that '.if the Democrats (or
> substitute 'Republicans' as well) win, we'll have to go to school on
> Saturday.' That, I guess, would have been the most horrendous development
> imaginable to strike a childhood-the equivalent of raising taxes. Now, it
> seems that the same tactics are being used, but with the grownups reacting
> to (and creating) these as if they were children. Funny, even as a kid I
> recognized these rumors as Bull Pucky.
>
>
>
> Bob Dickow, troublemaker
>
>
>
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of Reggie Holmquist
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 1:57 PM
> To: Sue Hovey
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Illegal Gardening -- Not!
>
>
>
> I tend to rely on snopes to debunk that sort of BS.  Sadly, I run across
> it
> all the time.  Earlier this year there was a right-wing e-mail going
> around
> claiming that the HCR bill was going to convert employee-provided
> insurance
> into taxable income.  It wasn't true, of course, but serves as an example
> of
> the many falsities that seem to emanate from the right (many of which seem
> to be intentional).  Anyway, here's the Snopes article on HR 875:
> http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/organic.asp
>
> -Reggie
>
> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> wrote:
>
> Yes.
>
>
>
> Sue H.
>
>
>
> From: Robert Dickow <mailto:dickow at turbonet.com>
>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 2:50 AM
>
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
>
> Subject: [Vision2020] Illegal Gardening -- Not!
>
>
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> Someone told me today that Congress is about to pass a bill that would
> make
> backyard gardening illegal, and organic gardening would be prohibited,
> slapped with 500,000 dollar fines, etc. I laughed a good one. But I peeked
> around the web and the notion seems to have taken some root in some
> corners.
> So, I read the Bill HR 875 which one forum site cited as the source of
> these
> perceived threats to our favorite heirloom tomatoes and string beans. Lo
> and
> behold, there is not ONE snip of anything in this particular bill which
> could be skewed to mean that backyard gardens are in any way threatened,
> nor
> are organic farms under attack by a nefarious plot to eliminate the
> practice. The whole notion is utterly hilarious. One of the sites that
> mentioned this legislation (which is dated Feb 2009, but who reads bills
> these days?) was aligned somehow with Rand Paul, but I've lost the URL
> now.
> Are some folks going totally bonkers?
>
>
>
> Bob Dickow, troublemaker
>
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